Verizon returns to Tremendous Bowl to highlight new 5G Web growth

What you should know:

• Jim Carrey will reprise his function as “The Cable Man” in Verizon’s in-game industrial, giving an enormous platform to 5G House and 5G Enterprise Web, view tease right here

• The “Pepsi Tremendous Bowl LVI Halftime Present Extremely Go Powered by Verizon 5G Extremely Wideband” is a first-of-its-kind cellular expertise providing unprecedented entry to essentially the most anticipated Pepsi Halftime ever

• Verizon makes $119 million long-term funding all through Los Angeles and Inglewood in preparation for the massive sport at SoFi Stadium

NEW YORK – Verizon, an Official Know-how Accomplice and the Official 5G Community of the NFL, returns to the Tremendous Bowl for the fifth consecutive yr with an in-game commercial. Jim Carrey will reprise his function as “The Cable Man” and provides an enormous platform to Verizon’s new 5G House Web and 5G Enterprise Web choices, together with the velocity and bandwidth to attach TVs, tablets, telephones, gaming consoles and extra to Verizon’s ultra-fast and dependable community, view tease right here.

5G House is now obtainable to twenty million folks and 5G Enterprise Web is obtainable to 2 million extra companies across the nation.

Powered by the latest growth of 5G Extremely Wideband to greater than 100 million folks¹ in america, the corporate can even showcase the velocity and energy of its 5G community all through the sport broadcast – from the on-field motion to immersive cellular entry to the Pepsi Tremendous Bowl LVI Halftime Present ever.

The Pepsi Tremendous Bowl LVI Halftime Present shall be streamed in real-time by the Verizon 5G Extremely Wideband community, enabling this one-of-a-kind expertise to happen. With the addition of strategically positioned 360-degree cameras streaming in 4K all through the stadium, area, and stage, followers will have the ability to curate their very own second display screen expertise with entry to unique vantage factors not accessible on tv. To achieve entry to the expertise, customers can enter the “Pepsi Tremendous Bowl LVI Halftime Present Extremely Go Powered by Verizon 5G Extremely Wideband” via the Pepsi Halftime cellular app to immediately really feel transported into the present itself – at dwelling or watching with buddies.

“The Pepsi Tremendous Bowl LVI Halftime Present Extremely Go Powered by Verizon 5G Extremely Wideband is a lot greater than only a second-screen expertise, it lets followers really feel as if they’re on stage with the artists,” mentioned Diego Scotti, CMO, Verizon. “Using 5G Extremely Wideband expertise and in shut partnership with Pepsi, Roc Nation and the NFL, we’re in a position to improve one of many most-watched occasions of the yr, in a method that’s by no means been performed earlier than, opening the doorways for the way forward for reside occasions.”

“This yr’s Pepsi Tremendous Bowl LVI Halftime Present efficiency is already among the many most anticipated of all time, so we needed to offer followers with an unprecedented degree of entry. Since most individuals already eat content material on their cellular units whereas watching the sport on TV, we thought it was an incredible alternative to create a brand new, immersive method for followers to expertise the efficiency – as in the event that they had been on the stage or within the stadium itself – all from inside our Pepsi Tremendous Bowl LVI Halftime Present cellular app,” mentioned Todd Kaplan, VP of Advertising and marketing, Pepsi. “The Pepsi Tremendous Bowl LVI Halftime Present Extremely Go Powered by Verizon 5G Extremely Wideband takes the second display screen expertise to a complete new degree, as it’ll actually improve fan engagement and participation, in what will definitely be a efficiency for the ages!”

In help of Pepsi Halftime headliner Dr. Dre, Verizon is making a $1 million dedication to the College of Southern California’s (USC) Iovine and Younger Academy, a key companion of Jimmy Iovine and Andre “Dr. Dre” Younger’s magnet highschool (Iovine and Younger Middle) which can open in Leimert Park in fall 2022. Verizon’s dedication helps the growth of the Academy’s tutorial actions into design, expertise and entrepreneurship studying experiences for secondary schooling college students and associated skilled growth alternatives for lecturers all through the Los Angeles metro space. This partnership brings collectively the Academy’s purpose of scaling its academic fashions and their impression and Verizon’s purpose of selling digital abilities coaching. It additionally demonstrates Verizon’s dedication to the LA neighborhood, the place, via its nonprofit companions, it helps 39 Verizon Modern Studying Colleges with over $75 million in market worth to assist bridge the digital divide in schooling.

“Verizon’s unimaginable generosity offers the chance to create the identical impression in arts, expertise and the enterprise of innovation at the highschool degree in South Los Angeles because the Iovine and Younger Academy did at USC,” mentioned Jimmy Iovine, music entrepreneur and philanthropist. “Verizon’s dedication to schooling has at all times been spectacular, and we’re grateful for his or her help of the Iovine and Younger Middle”

5G and the fan expertise

Verizon 5G Extremely Wideband will convey followers as near the sport as potential whereas inside SoFi stadium. Verizon 5G Multi-View within the NFL Ticketholder app will give followers in attendance, with choose Android and iOS 5G telephones , the chance to interact with as much as seven completely different digicam angles, mission AR overlays of NFL’s Subsequent Gen Stats for gamers, and entry immediate replays. Utilizing Verizon 5G Multi-View, followers won’t ever miss a second of the on-field motion, even when they step away from their seat. As well as, NFL Extremely Toss, an interactive cellular sport, can even be obtainable within the NFL Ticketholder app with new options that allow gamers to view scores and compete instantly with different followers taking part in in real-time.

New this yr, Verizon has partnered with Snapchat for an unique augmented actuality (AR) 5G Linked Lens, for followers at SoFi stadium. Followers linked to Verizon 5G Extremely Wideband on the stadium can use Snapchat to affix a shared, simultaneous AR expertise the place they will staff up and battle with different teams of followers to take management of an enormous digital airship hovering above the sphere. Whichever group makes essentially the most noise will “go Extremely” and have an opportunity to win management of the airship and finally win the sport.

Community enhancements in SoFi Stadium and surrounding areas

Verizon has made a $119 million long-term funding all through Los Angeles and Inglewood in preparation for the massive sport; an funding that may profit clients dwelling in and touring to the world nicely into the longer term, including capability, velocity and protection for residents, companies and guests.

As a part of that funding, Verizon constructed 169 new small cells, 4 new macro cell websites, and 24 new in-building methods. These options will present dependable, safe service to guests attending the sport, NFL gamers and workers, first responders and residents of Los Angeles and Inglewood having fun with all of the festivities surrounding the massive sport and past.

​​Public Security

Verizon Frontline, the superior community and expertise constructed for first responders, is working intently with public security businesses all through Los Angeles County to assist guarantee first responders have the dependable connectivity they should shield followers on the sport and people in the local people.

Staffed by technicians and engineers actively monitoring and managing the Verizon community all through Los Angeles, the Verizon Command Middle can even be working across the clock to assist guarantee first responders and followers are in a position to talk successfully.

Nice gives from Verizon to get followers prepared for Gameday

Beginning Feb. 9 and for a restricted time, followers can ensure their telephones are protected and powered with 40 % off a Verizon Tailgate accent bundle completely obtainable in Verizon shops, whereas provides final.

The 5G House and 5G Enterprise Web expertise

For followers at dwelling, having dependable connectivity for the largest sport of the yr is a should. With 5G House Web, obtainable in choose areas, streaming the Tremendous Bowl and commercials is extremely straightforward. Arrange is plug and play. It’s dependable and quick sufficient to energy units at dwelling throughout the sport. Clients can join their TVs, tablets, telephones, gaming consoles and extra to an ultra-fast and dependable community. 5G House Web is 50 % off for patrons on choose new Verizon 5G cellular plans, and new web service plans include one month on us.² With Verizon Fios House, 5G House Web and LTE House Web, Verizon has nice choices for patrons on the lookout for dependable and quick dwelling broadband options.

With 5G Enterprise Web, 5G Enterprise Web, obtainable in choose areas, clients may expertise nice efficiency, reliability and comfort for his or her companies. This wi-fi various to cable web is for companies of all sizes and consists of self setup or skilled set up choices, a number of pricing and repair choices, limitless knowledge, and a 10-year value assure³.

Whether or not followers are on the sport or on the go, they will stream, tweet, Snap and share shortly and reliably. At dwelling with 5G House or on the go for Tremendous Bowl LVI, they will get essentially the most out of Verizon’s 5G Extremely Wideband community.

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¹ 5G Extremely Wideband obtainable in 1700+ cities

² 50% off 5G House web: Save 50% off 5G House Web while you mix your plan with 5G Do Extra, 5G Play Extra or 5G Get Extra plan. Auto Pay and paper-free billing req’d. One month promo credit score utilized through invoice credit score over 1-2 billing cycles. Topic to VZW Agmts and credit score approval.

³ Worth assure applies to month-to-month entry price solely. Phrases and restrictions apply.